HARP - Conservatorio di Musica Francesco Venezze Rovigo

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HARP

Qualification awarded: Harp Master's Degree
Length of programme: 2 years
Number of credits: 120 ECTS
Level of qualification: EHEA 2nd cycle; EQF level 7
 

Programme structure:

Subject

ECTS

Exam

Teaching Hours

Area

Type

FIRST YEAR

Music history and historiography

6

E

36

Basic

Collective

Performance practice and repertoires: Harp

21

E

36

Specific

individuale

Chamber music

9

E

27

Specific

Group

Performance practice and orchestral repertoires

3

E

12

Specific

Group

Orchestra and orchestral repertoires

3

 

24

Specific

Workshop

One subject to be chosen from the following:

 

Harp ensemble

6

E

18

Related or additional

Group

One subject from the pedagogical training’s package of 24 ECTS

6

 

 

Related or additional

 

Elective courses

12

   

Elective

 

SECOND YEAR

Analysis of compositional forms

6

E

36

Basic

Collective

Performance practice and repertoires: Harp

21

E

36

Specific

Individual

Chamber music

9

E

27

Specific

Group

Performance practice and orchestral repertoires

3

E

12

Specific

Group

Orchestra and orchestral repertoires

3

 

24

Specific

Workshop

Elective courses

6

   

Elective

 

Final examination

12

E

 

 Final examination

 

 

Key learning outcomes:

At the completion of the 2nd cycle studies, students should have developed their performative and interpretative ability to a high professional level. They should be able to take responsibility for the engagement between context, audience and musical material, showing an independent and well-developed personality. Students should have acquired a broader knowledge of musical styles and their associated performing traditions, having built upon their experience of representative works of the Principal Study repertoire. They should be able to develop, present and demonstrate programmes that are coherent and suitable to a wide range of different performing contexts. In ensemble and orchestra activities students should be able to interact positively with other ensemble members and with the conductor. Where appropriate they should be able to take a leadership role in this activities. Students should have become fully autonomous learners, able to take on extended and complex tasks in an organized manner. They should have become confident and experienced in their communication skills, including the ability to initiate and work with others on joint projects or activities, show skills in leadership, teamwork, negotiation and organisation, integrate with other individuals in a variety of cultural contexts. Students should have a profound understanding of the interrelationship between their theoretical and practical studies and should have a sense of how to use this knowledge to strengthen their own artistic development.

They should be able to manage their study themselves, in order to deal with rehearsals, concerts and projects, projecting their musical ideas fluently and with confidence in a wide variety of performance settings.

 

Mode of study: Full-time / Part-time

 

Admission requirements:

To apply for a Master’s degree it is necessary to hold a Bachelor’s (EQF level 6).

Admittance will be based on the entrance exam results.

All subjects are taught in Italian. For non-Italian native speakers, it is highly recommended to hold a B2 level certificate in Italian language (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). Any applicants who do not yet have any Italian language certificates at the time of enrolment can take a placement test at the Rovigo Conservatoire in order to ascertain their skills. Language tutoring is guaranteed during the academic year.

 

Qualification requirements and regulations: this course is based on the ECTS credit accumulation system. The student must complete the curriculum as described in the Course structure. This includes compulsory and elective subjects and other activities for a total of 120 ECTS credits.

 

Final exam: the final exam consists of a performance, and of the writing and the discussion of an essay based on the student's major subject.

 

Examination regulations and grading scale:

The Italian grading system is based on a scale of 0-30, with 18/30 as the lowest passing grade. 30/30 cum laude may also be awarded. The final grade is based on a scale of 0-110, with 66/110 as the lowest passing grade. To the highest grade of 110/110, cum laude may be added, but only with the unanimous decision of the examining board.

Rovigo Conservatoire publish on its website an ECTS Grading Table which shows the actual distribution of examination and final grades among students of each degree programme, in order to facilitate comparison with other grading systems.

 

Occupational profiles of graduates: This course provides career opportunities in the following fields: soloist, ensemble and orchestra musician, with a hight level of performance and historical knowledge; performer in multimedia contexts, also with reference to non classical repertoires; recording for broadcasters and record labels; contests and auditions for orchestras, opera houses and concert halls; music competitions for soloist and chamber musicians; research and editing for specific literature, according to the area of specialisation; teacher in lower and upper secondary school, public or private; professor in institution of higher education.

 

Access to further studies: Graduates holding a 2nd cycle degree are eligible to apply to 3rd cycle degrees.

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